Skilled Nursing News November 22, 2021
Nursing home-initiated discharges require a closer look as “inappropriate discharges” may be on the rise, according to a report released by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Overall, OIG isn’t aware of how many residents have experienced facility-initiated discharges from nursing homes, much less which were considered “inappropriate.”
An “inappropriate” facility-initiated discharge didn’t meet an acceptable reason under federal regulation; examples include the resident’s welfare and needs not being met, or the resident has failed to pay facility charges.
“That’s one of the big points of this report, the lack of data and a lack of transparency about these numbers has made it very difficult to understand where there might...
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